90.6 percent of adults aged 18 years and older had their blood pressure measured within the preceding two years and could state whether it was normal or high in 2008 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population)

0.5 cup equivalents of fruits per 1,000 calories was the mean daily intake by persons aged 2 years and older in 2001-04

Target:

0.9 cup equivalents per 1,000 calories

Target-Setting Method:

Evidence-based approach (considered the baseline in relation to 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans [DGA] recommendations, past trends and potentially achievable shift in the usual intake distribution, and applicability of the target to subpopulations)

Data Source:

CDC National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES); CDC National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS); USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS)

NWS-15.1 Increase the contribution of total vegetables to the diets among faculty/staff.

0.8 cup equivalents of total vegetables per 1,000 calories was the mean daily intake by persons aged two years and older in 2001-04 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population)

Target:

1.1 cup equivalents per 1,000 calories

Target-Setting Method:

Evidence-based approach (considered the baseline in relation to 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans [DGA] recommendations, past trends and potentially achievable shift in the usual intake distribution, and applicability of the target to subpopulations)

Data Source:

CDC National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES); CDC National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS); USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS)

NWS-16 Increase the contribution of whole grains to the diets among faculty/staff.

0.3 ounce equivalents of whole grains per 1,000 calories was the mean daily intake by persons aged two years and older in 2001-04 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population)

Target:

0.6 ounce equivalents per 1,000 calories

Target-Setting Method:

Evidence-based approach (considered the baseline in relation to 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans [DGA] recommendations, past trends and potentially achievable shift in the usual intake distribution, and applicability of the target to subpopulations)

Data Source:

CDC National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES); CDC National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS); USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS)

Physical Activity/Fitness

PA-1 Reduce the proportion of faculty/staff who engage in no leisure-time physical activity.

No leisure time physical activity was defined as persons who reported that they never or are unable to do light or moderate physical activity for at least 10 minutes and that they never or are unable to do vigorous physical activity for at least 10 minutes.

National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Information available at: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis.htm.

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Information available at: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes.htm.

Please note: All baseline data were retrieved directly from Healthy People 2020. To learn more about the baseline measure for a specific data point, please refer to the “more information” section of that particular objective number at the Healthy People 2020 website (www.healthypeople.gov). From within each objective at www.healthypeople.gov, a link is provided to the source of the baseline measure through the Health Indicators Warehouse (HIW), National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (www.healthindicators.gov) and/or the Healthy People 2010 Database (http://wonder.cdc.gov/data2010/).